St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13

them Is f10urlSnlng all Ine Ilne, anu
their customers are CLEANED principally
from people in good surroundings, ana
who have had the advantage OF educa-
ton and good rearing. There is no
business that requires less preparation.
except it be the writer's trade, than this
nefarious traffic in the senSibilitieS of
nervous, eXcitable people, for, of course,
although, as said before, their
customers are not from the poorer
classes, they are not by any
means people with round, healthy fac
ultieS, for it would be a moral impoSsl-
bility to fancy an athletic manly Amerl-
can or Englishman grasping the hand of
a spasmodic female, apparently in a
stupOr, and jerking her mind off to
hadeS or some other Internal, hidden
region, looking for an inspired spirit.
The whole stock in trade of the average
medium amounts to this: A room to
receive her guests, pack of cards for
the fortune business,
A LITTLE CAPITAL
to advertise in the papers every day,
mind that is cunning and quick, and
that is all.
The columns of the daily city papers
are full of the notices of these people,
and the writer of this article in search
of Information and sensations, made
tour of a number of the wise readers
of the future in town, and was in
Quoted into the mysteries of the
dark art of the magician as
directed by the female divinites
who duly preside over the deStines of
the victim of 81 or s.. as the case may
be. Taking the places at haphaZard as
they were visited, the first one inveSti-
gated was prompted by the following
notice:
AT LAST we have found the only reliable
II test medium and destiny reader in the
world; having just arrived from Europe in
vites one and all to test her power OF reading
the future: she also has the celebrated sacred
HindoO charm massage treatment specially
2200 Portland av., corner Twenty-second st.
The morning this place was called at
was one of the most superb of the beau
tiful days of this lovely time of Indian
summer. The horse car upon which
the reporter rode rapidly passed through
the crowded streets down town, and
was soon drOwSily rolling along in the
pleasant suburban ways, where the
pretty residences are and the grass
plots, and the little children, and the
flowers, and everything in fact betoken-
ing innocence and dOmesticity. The
walk from the car was a pleasant one
and further showed all the evidence of
a respectable and charming looking
DtlSHbOlllOOl- anu hACli ~~OO vi
avenue was reached
IT STOOD DISCLOSED
as frame residence two stories in
height, painted a neutral cream-cOl0red
tint, pretty and neat in every respect,
with a nice grass lawn around it and all
the appearance of being the home of
highly respectable family. There was
no outer sign to announce the fact of
fortune teller being within: neverthe-
less, the door was boldly knocked at,
and the reporter was at once admitted
by a middle-aged woman, stout and
pleasant looking in appearance, but un-
mistakable to any man of the world as
to what her avOcation was. After wait
ing for the space of five or ten minutes,
while the divinity prepared herself for
visitor, he was duly asked into the
consulting chamber, which, to speak the
plain, honest truth, was bedroom. In
a most seductive Gf a little on the
squeaky) tone of voice, the enchantreSs
of the future demanded what the
young man wanted, and he
replied with all the innocence and
0uicknesS of his class, II would have
you tell my fortune, my pretty maid"
and the enchantreSS sat down, and re-
marked bashfully she believed he ''re-
Quired the massage treatment" On
being informed this would neceSsitate
being stripped naked and include Wig
Orous rubbing, the reporter blushingly
hung his head and not being greatly
stuck on his shape, said in a depre-
eating tone of voice that he believed
not this morning. Finally it was de-
cided on having
PALM AND CARD READING,
price 81, and the operation commenced.
There never was bigger fraud, more
transparent scheme devised for whole
sale robbery. The bOSh uttered by the
woman was unmitigated nonsense APP
Dealing only to the lowest minds: silly,
horrible thrash about girls; the utter
ance of an uneducated person streaked
with the m OS foolish, ridiculous
ideas. and then the disclosures
of the true nature of the house
and the woman that transpired
ere the reporters work was done made
him heartily wish if she really ever came
from Europe she would migrate back
there as soon as possible, and carry her
HindOO treatment and her unwilling of
the future and her thinly disguised
frailty and weakness out of decent
neighborhood where the grass plots are
green for the innocent little children to
play on, where the growing children are
being reared in purity and sweetness,
and who might by the verieSt accident
discover what this fortune telling bust
ness meant, TO their eternal detriment.
Minneapolis (and especially in her
suburban districts is not looking for